![]() Take an artwork that everyone knows, such as the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, 1503. Without the presence of its time and space, the work loses that value that viewers feel when viewing the artwork.Ī simple way to understand this concept is to think about mechanical reproductions that are shown to people all across the world. The aura can be defined as a “quality integral to an artwork that cannot be communicated through mechanical reproduction techniques.” In simpler terms, the aura is that feeling and presence that can only be felt in the original work in its “presence in time and space.” He argues that mechanical reproductions can be identical to the original work but will always lack the art's aura that cannot be replicated. What was lacking in Walter Benjamin's eyes through the use of mechanical reproduction was the aura, and that in which it could not be recreated through mechanical reproduction.ĭefining and having a thorough understanding of the concept of the “aura” of art is essential to move forward in the discussion on art in the age of mechanical reproduction. Mechanical reproduction allowed art to be emancipated from its “parasitical dependence on ritual.” This freedom brought many benefits and at the same time brought negative consequences to the entirety of what it meant for something to be art. Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1935, contemplates and brings predictions of how the mechanical reproduction of art and photography would entirely transform our understanding of art. AH 331 History of Photography Spring 2021 Compendium Main Menu Introduction Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Visualizing Photo History One Image Two Minutes Presentations Author Biographies Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 1 media/Gisèle Freund, Walter Benjamin, 1935.jpeg T23:14:33+00:00 Denise Johnson 969117131bca6dc972723c62bbb8a3558422ec31 83 8 By Aj Duff plain T19:16:02+00:00 AJ Duff 1ec324faa11c42a72705adbb19497e685951d5f6 ![]() Please enable Javascript and reload the page. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.This site requires Javascript to be turned on.
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